Hyers-Ulam stability for linear differences with time dependent and periodic coefficients: the case when the monodromy matrix has simple eigenvalues (Q2335036)

Summary: Let \(q \geq 2\) be a positive integer and let \((a_j),(b_j)\) and \((c_j)\) (with \(j\) nonnegative integer) be three given \(\mathbb{C}\)-valued and \(q\)-periodic sequences. Let \(A(q) : = A_{q - 1} \cdots A_0,\) where \(A_j\) is defined below. Assume that the eigenvalues \(x, y, z\) of the ``monodromy matrix'' \(A(q)\) verify the condition \((x - y)(y - z)(z - x) \ne 0 .\) We prove that the linear recurrence in \(\mathbb{C}\)\(x_{n + 3} = a_n x_{n + 2} + b_n x_{n + 1} + c_n x_n, n \in \mathbb{Z}_+\) is Hyers-Ulam stable if and only if \((| x | - 1)(| y | - 1)(| z | - 1) \ne 0,\) i.e., the spectrum of \(A(q)\) does not intersect the unit circle \(\Gamma : = \{w \in \mathbb{C} : | w | = 1 \}\).